United States v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
447 F.2d 424 · 1971
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 1996 · most notably United States v. McConney (1984), United States v. Ochs (1979)
21 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113
Relies on Simmons v. United States · Chimel v. California · Jones v. United States · Harris v. United States · O’Callahan v. Parker, Warden
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. The detective's entry into the kitchen was reasonable in assuring the safety of the arresting officers. This area was within the immediate control of appellant's wife. Therefore, it was a reasonable search incident to a lawful arrest. The evidence obtained would be admissible since”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“partially hidden (file) folder or envelope sitting on a shelf In a cabinet . . . four to six feet away from where (the arrestee) was standing at the time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.